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The Gaiety
The Gaiety, Leeds, YorkshireAn ambitious but ill-fated modernist “super-pub” located to the north of the centre in what became one of the city’s most notorious red light districts. It opened in 1972,...
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The Sportsman’s Arms
The Sportsman’s Arms, Penketh, LancashireOnce a prominent landmark approaching Warrington from the direction of Widnes, this former Burtonwood pub closed in 2017, and planning permission has now been...
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The Bungalow Inn
The Bungalow Inn, Redhill, SomersetA pub that indeed is a modern bunglow, situated a few miles south of Bristol near the city’s airport, now standing forlorn behind an expanse of unused car park. It...
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The Waggon & Horses
The Waggon & Horses, Kingsley Moor, StaffordshireA substantial pub on the main A52 between Stoke-on-Trent and Ashbourne, a road that has seen a large number of pub closures. A 1980s guide to Real...
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The Raven
The Raven, WorcesterA cottage-style inter-wars pub on the Droitwich Road on the north-eastern outskirts of the city, that most recently traded as a carvery. It has been closed since 2019, and plans by...
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The Green Lion
The Green Lion, Rainham, KentA large white-painted pub on the historic Dover Road in this large village east of the Medway Towns. The “Hedgehogs” lettering refers to a nursery chain who had hoped to...
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The New Seven Stars
The New Seven Stars, Standish, LancashireA distinctive gabled pub on the main A49 road to the north of the village. It has been the Olive Garden Italian restaurant throughout the existence of...
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The Squirrels
The Squirrels, Winkfield, BerkshireA handsome inter-wars mock-Tudor pub in this well-heeled village near Royal Ascot racecourse. There are plans to replace it with a new three-storey building including...
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The Greenfinch
The Greenfinch, West Didsbury, ManchesterA former private house on the busy junction of Palatine Road and Lapwing Lane, converted to a pub by the then Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries in the early...
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The Spring Cottage
The Spring Cottage, Bentilee, StaffordshireA typical 1960s pub on a large housing estate to the east of Stoke-on-Trent, still retaining its pub signage, but now repurposed as an off-licence and a fish...
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The Victoria
The Victoria, Newport, MonmouthshireA rather impressive inter-wars pub in a kind of Arts and Crafts style, situated in the Lliswerry district on the eastern side of the city. It is now to be demolished...
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The Slip Inn
The Slip Inn, Leeds, YorkshireA solid redbrick street-corner pub on the eastern side of the city that has now been converted to a convenience store.
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The Judge Walmesley
The Judge Walmesley, Billington, LancashireA roadside pub with a distinctive gabled roofline set on the old route of the A59 just west of the village of Whalley on the opposite side of the River...
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The Foxhunters Inn
The Foxhunters Inn, West Down, DevonA mock-Tudor pub on the main road between Barnstaple and Ilfracombe. From the look of the site it must have suffered from being on the other side of the road from...
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The Cross Inn
The Cross Inn, Cauldon Lowe, StaffordshireA long, low, white-painted pub set back below the level of the main A52 road between Stoke and Ashbourne, a route that has seen a large number of pub closures....
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The Ringway
The Ringway, Horsforth, YorkshireA substantial 1930s pub in this dormitory town north-west of Leeds, that presumably takes its name from the nearby Leeds Outer Ring Road which I think was built at that...
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The Oxford Inn
The Oxford Inn, Taunton, SomersetA modern, possibly 1950s, estate pub on the east side of the town, now heavily graffitied. Plans have now been approved to demolish it and built a zero-carbon...
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The Unicorn
The Unicorn, Cardiff, GlamorganAn attractive farmhouse-style pub in the St Mellons district on the north-east side of the city, which is reported to have been left to rot by pub company Star Pubs &...
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The Cross Keys
The Cross Keys, Canterbury, KentAn attractive white-painted street-corner pub on the south-east side of the city. It has been closed for more than three years because of a structural issue, but...
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The Haynook
The Haynook, Rotherham, YorkshireAn unusually impressive post-war estate pub in the Kimberworth district of the town, with drum-shaped extensions on either side of the central block. Permission has now...
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